The most expensive Pokémon card of all time is on sale for $100,000

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If you weren’t aware, collectible and trading card games are hugely popular at the moment. Magic: The Gathering is bigger than it has ever been, and Pokémonand Yu-Gi-Oh! have at least survived the many ups and downs of the CCG market over the years. Apple’s iOS App Store is filled to the brim with a seedy underbelly of digital CCGs that are clones of clones, Kickstarter is home to multiple digital CCG MMOs, and big-name developers like Mojang and Blizzard are also working on their PC CCGs, Scrolls and Hearthstone, respectively. That’s why it’s not entirely surprising that an extremely limited edition Pokémon CCG card is up on auction for $100,000.

The Pikachu Illustrator card is said to be the most rare card in the Pokémon CCG, only having six total in circulation. One of the six is practically out of circulation, in that it belongs to the Official Pokémon TCG Blog. The card was a reward to those who won the Pokémon Card Game Illustration Contest, which picks out player-submitted illustrations and features them on playable cards. The reward was never printed in English, and the card has previously sold for $20,000, putting your standard Black Lotus to shame.

Though the Buy It Now price is set to $100,000, the seller is accepting offers, and expects the item to sell for around $50,000. This particular Pikachu Illustrator is the first graded one of its kind, making it the most rare Pikachu Illustrator among the other five. At the time of writing, this auction already has 83 offers. However, it is not known how many of those offers are gags. If you’ve got the cash, by all means, buy the thing and become a Pokémon legend and also loan us a few thousand dollars.